With Ben Olsen’s men struggling at the start of the 2013 MLS season, some good news is needed in the nations capital.

This might just be it. This morning the Washington Post spoke to a leading official who revealed D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is optimistic a deal can be done to build a 20,000 capacity stadium at the preferred location of Buzzard Point.

But for many D.C. fans, they’ve heard it all before. And with the ownership group growing increasingly antsy about the length of time its taking to push the stadium through, potential sites in Maryland are growing in consideration.

However, it is definitely worth waiting for the land at Buzzard Point to be released and for MLS’ most decorated franchise to be relocated there. But it has to be soon. The likelihood of that happening is foggy, as so many different groups own so many different portions of land where United want to build their new home.

The attendance at RFK for the rivalry game with Philadelphia was officially 12,349, but many argue it was probably less than that. The fans in D.C. are as loyal as they come, but they need a new facility and so does the club. Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Union was their fourth straight and their current record of 1-5-1 leaves them bottom of the Eastern conference. But when they won MLS Cup in 1996, they started off 1-6-0, so there’s that hope to cling on to if you’re a D.C. fan.

If Olsen does remain past this season, or even until the end of the 2013 campaign, he will need to attract better players on higher salaries and entice them to a club moving forward. New stadium plans will play a pivotal role in that, as one of United’s worst starts to an MLS campaign further punctuates their need for a new stadium. And fast.

Two Premier League sides are level, Spurs lead, and Real Madrid has luckily kept a Gareth Bale-authored lead thanks to some goofy officiating on the second match day of group stage play at the UEFA Champions League.

Wissam Ben Yedder has goals in both of Sevilla’s UCL qualifiers and now both group stage matches after netting a 27th minute marker in Spain. He’s added another before the break.

Spartak Moscow 1-1 Liverpool

Loris Karius will not enjoy the replay of a 23rd minute free kick given away by Philippe Coutinho, and he especially won’t enjoy his slow reaction to a free kick from Fernando (not that Fernando) which was not hit too near a post.

Coutinho made amends with a solidly struck equalizer just after the half-hour mark, working a 1-2 with Mane and lacing a shot beyond the hopes of Rebrov.

Think Liverpool fans are glad they kept Coutinho? Back-to-back games with a goal for the Brazilian.

Tottenham Hotspur head to Cyprus to face APOEL in Nicosia hoping to make it two wins from two, while Manchester City host Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk aiming to keep their 100 percent record and Liverpool are in Moscow to play Spartak hoping for a first win of the group stage.

Elsewhere Real Madrid head to Borussia Dortmund (Christian Pulisic alert) in a mouth-watering clash at the Westfalenstadion and Napoli host Feyenoord in another eye-catching tie.

Click on the link above to follow commentary on all the action, while below is the full schedule as we will have reaction and analysis on all the UCL action on Tuesday.